According to the Act, the school is one at which delinquent and maladjusted children and young persons may be given such training and instruction, and be subject to such disciplinary and moral influence, as will be conducive to their rehabilitation and reformation and the prevention of crime.
En virtud de la ley, el reformatorio es una institución en que los niños y jóvenes delincuentes o inadaptados podrán ser formados e instruidos, y sometidos a una influencia disciplinaria y moral, de modo que se rehabiliten y reformen y se prevenga la delincuencia.